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Reclaimed cedar, longleaf pine and charred wood combine in cottage

AUSTIN - With both striking design and exquisite millwork, Cedar Shake Cottage is quite the eye-catcher.  Shaped by a tree, impervious cover restraints, and an angled easement, the 550-square-foot cottage features reclaimed cedar shingles, charred wood flooring, reclaimed longleaf pine cabinetry, stucco walls, and a built-in bed. The cottage’s second floor leans away from the first to improve lines of sight between floors and to fit the stairs to code, says designers Studio 512. Angled walls integrate a covered porch and an outdoor shower.

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In the Shop: Centipede instant work supports

It seems like you always need another work surface. Whether it’s in the shop, and the workbenches are all taken up, or on the job site with no workbench in site, it’s handy to be able to set up an instant temporary work table. In the past, that’s typically meant looking for or banging together some saw horses and throwing a piece of plywood across them. Now I just reach for a Centipede. What’s a Centipede?

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Ikea wedge dowel speeds assembly on ash table line

The wedge-dowel components have the potential to trim back assembly time of Ikea furniture by up to eighty percent, and "will likely replace a lot of the fittings and tools you get with each piece of Ikea furniture," says the company in a video, explaining the innovation. Ann-Karin Sjorgen was product developer on a Lisabo table using it.